| Possibility of Being: A Selection of Poems Contributor(s): Rilke, Rainer Maria (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811206513 ISBN-13: 9780811206518 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1977 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 831.912 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.22" W x 8.03" (0.32 lbs) 127 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The eighty-four poems included in this small volume will serve as a sound and inviting introduction to Rilke's strategies in the pursuit of being. And just as the unicorn in This Is the Creature has an eternal possibility of being but only becomes visible in the mirror held by a virgin, so can our own possibilities become manifest in the mirror held by the sensitive artist. The poems are chosen from The Book of Hours (1899-1903), The Book of Images (1902 and 1906), New Poems (1907 and 1908), Requiem (1909), Duino Elegies (1923), Sonnets to Orpheus (1923), and the posthumous Poems 1906-26. This selection was made by Professor Theodore Ziolkowski of Princeton University, who drew from the various New Directions volumes of Rilke's work translated by J. B. Leishman. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rilke, Rainer Maria: - RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875-1926) is one of the greatest poets who ever wrote in the German language. His most famous works are Sonnets to Orpheus, The Duino Elegies, Letters to a Young Poet, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, and The Book of Hours. |